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The meet’s been a tough go for Kent Desormeaux. “The Kid” rode well but the facts don’t show it.  His acknowledgement that he had a drinking problem came on the first day.  Breaking a bone in his neck when a horse had a heart attack was the way it all finished. In the fourth race, Cornelio Velasquez rode a winner that the Hall of Fame ...

By Dani Pugh, of Horsin' Around Watch out turf sprinters of California: the silver streak of lightning California Flag is back and is more polished than ever before.  Going into the August  18 Green Flash at Del Mar, the connections of  California Flag made it well know that they were not expecting a win from their flashy silver ...

Originally published in the September 4, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)   By Evan Hammonds  Once we can find the glass, we’d like to see it as half full heading into Keeneland’s September yearling sale—the largest sale of its ...

With only six days of racing to go, a Wall Street operative named Bill Taylor heads the five public handicappers that select horses each morning for The Saratogian’s Pink Sheet.  These last couple cards have proved hard for the lot. Taylor has picked but two winners from 21 and his closest competitor, a guy by the name of Daniel Feiss, could ...

It didn’t take long for the “Retire Rachel” cries to be heard. I can’t really criticize those who believe Rachel’s reputation has suffered, and feel each race compromises her legacy. If you are of the opinion that every defeat to lesser opponents dims Rachel’s remarkable accomplishments last year, it shows more than anything you are a fan and ...

Last week, it was my pleasure to participate in The Jockey Club’s annual Round Table Conference in Saratoga Springs, New York.  They asked me to present to the conference concerning the role that the NTRA is playing through our Safety & Integrity Alliance to help bring about the considerable progress that the Thoroughbred racing industry ...

While the secret brotherhood of 20 “Mohicans” from Schenectady, NY lay sleeping in a palatial white tee-pee on Fifth and Ludlow following a long night of sausages and firewater, a gathering of horse racing fans sat huddled on beer coolers and lawn chairs outside the clubhouse turnstiles on Union Avenue.  By 5:00 am Saturday – Travers Day, the ...

  UPDATE: Here is an interview with Larry Collmus from The Early Show on CBS from 8/26/2010.   Originally posted 8/24/2010 8:53am. So is your money on that your ''wifenos'' or ''doesntknow'' ? Monmouth park held a duel of conscience. Thewifedoesntknow is by Golden Missile and out of Aheadnotatail with a ...

By Patrick Patten, Handride I have been mulling this over in my head for months now, but with Ed DeRosa's recent post I figured I'd add my .02 cents into what I'm looking for with social interaction from any horse racing website.  First, as fans we deserve more than we are getting.  I understand signing into websites, but I have no idea ...

This isn't the Kentucky Derby, this is the Breeders' Cup. Last year at the Breeders' Cup Stable Boy and I were able to push out track-side video in real time, through my blog. At the same time, I was tweeting live from the gap at Santa Anita. Observing the horses coming on and off the track. As well as how they looked while hitting the top of ...